Ken Weaver

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Ken Weaver (born February 10, 1956) is a former NASCAR driver from Dallas, Texas. He drives the 20 PhoneCo / Industrial Lightspeed Chevrolet in the ARCA stock car series. He ran in NASCAR in 2004 and 2005, before returning back to ARCA.

[edit] Craftsman Truck Series Career

Weaver has 24 career starts in the Truck Series. Running his #20 PhoneCo Chevy, Weaver made his debut in the 2003 race at Mesa Marin Raceway. It was a decent first race, as Weaver started 26th and finished 29th. However, Weaver improved. In three of the next four races, Weaver finished in the top-20, highlighted by a career best of 15th coming at California.

Those runs earned him a new ride in 2004, driving a Green Light Racing #08 Chevy, with funding from PhoneCo. He only had a best of 18th at Texas and by midseason, Weaver was scaled down to a limited schedule. Weaver even got off on the wrong foot quickly, causing quite a few wrecks at Daytona. However, Weaver did manage a new career best start of 16th at Milwaukee Mile.

Weaver continued to race in the trucks in 2005. This time at Daytona, scored his first career top-10 with a 6th at Daytona. Weaver did make three more races in 2005. He didn't finish two of the three races, and his best finish was a 28th at Atlanta. With the poor runs, Weaver left the team and headed back to ARCA full-time.

[edit] ARCA Career

Since joining the series in 2002, Weaver had been a decent driver, earning mid-pack results. However, recently, in 2005 and 2006, Weaver has improved significantly, highlighted by a 2nd place finish at Salem Speedway late in 2005. He will pilot the #20 PhoneCo Dodge for the full 2006 season.